The Three Messages

Verse 1

These words, said the Master, "I'm coming again," That with me my people forever may reign; That they may be ready my coming to see, I send forth my angels with messages three.

Chorus

The Master is coming, he's coming for thee; O haste to be ready thy Master to see! The Master is coming, he's coming for thee; O haste to be ready thy Master to see!

Verse 2

The first with this message was sent through the land; "Fear God, and give glory; his Judgment's at hand; And worship the Maker of earth, sea, and sky, And the fountains of waters, who ruleth on high."

Verse 3

The second this message of woe did repeat: "The Church is not ready her Master to greet; She's fallen, backslidden, departed from Heav'n, And her love to earth's kings has unlawfully giv'n."

Verse 4

The third message follows, the last to be given, To point, once again, dying sinners to heav'n: "If any the beast or his image adore, On him shall God's judgments abide evermore."

Verse 5

The law of the Father, the faith of the Son, Must be kept by the Church all united as one; The mark of rebellion refuse to receive, Be sealed with God's seal, and eternally live.